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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBoris Epshteyn, who pushes Trumps message out on the airwaves, has offended network bookers and co
Another snot in the WH who is too big for his britches!!
White House official terrorizes network green rooms
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/boris-epshteyn-television-networks-behavior-235787
Boris Epshteyn, who pushes Trumps message out on the airwaves, has offended network bookers and contributors across Washington.
By Annie Karni
03/07/17 04:29 PM EST
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Boris Epshteyns rise to a position of prominence in the Trump White House reveals how the president has rewarded his loyalists. | AP Photo
By Peter York
White House official Boris Epshteyn, a combative Trump loyalist tasked with plugging the presidents message on television, threatened earlier this year to pull all West Wing officials from appearing on Fox News after a tense appearance on anchor Bill Hemmers show.
Epshteyn, according to multiple sources familiar with the exchange, got in a yelling match with a Fox News booker after Hemmer pressed him for details of President Donald Trumps controversial executive order cracking down on immigration from Muslim-majority countries a topic he was not expecting to be grilled on.
Am I someone you want to make angry? Epshteyn told the booker, the sources said. When he threatened to pull White House officials from the network, the fed-up booker had had enough.
Go right ahead, the booker fired back, the sources said, aware that Epshteyn had no power to follow through on a threat that would have upended the administrations relationship with a sympathetic news network.
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Epshteyns official job is to oversee White House officials who appear on television to speak on behalf of the administration, and defend and explain Trump on TV himself. In recent weeks, he has been aligned with counselor Kellyanne Conway in pushing the administration to use Cabinet secretaries to talk about policies on television, and reduce the on-air profiles of White House staffers................................
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Boris Epshteyn, who pushes Trumps message out on the airwaves, has offended network bookers and co (Original Post)
riversedge
Mar 2017
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"Boris Epshteyn is a Russian-born American Republican strategist" that denies Russia siezed Crimea
Renew Deal
Mar 2017
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Renew Deal
(81,877 posts)1. "Boris Epshteyn is a Russian-born American Republican strategist" that denies Russia siezed Crimea
"Boris Epshteyn (born 1982) is a Russian-born American Republican political strategist, investment banker, and attorney."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Epshteyn
And theres also Boris Epshteyn, a Trump surrogate who frequently appears on television and describes himself as a senior adviser to the campaign. The Russia-born investment banker and attorney moderated a panel at an October 2013 conference in New York City called Invest in Moscow! The panel was mainly comprised of Moscow city government officials, like Sergey Cheremin, a city minister who heads Moscows foreign economic and international relations department.
While business transactions may seem innocuous in and of themselves, getting the full picture of Trump confidantes investments in Russia could provide essential information about his potential political conflicts of interest.
In Russia, where business and the state are so closely linked, business dealings automatically imply ties to people high up in government as well, said Kathryn Stoner, an expert in U.S.-Russia relations at Stanford University.
In keeping with that pattern, Epshteyn has adopted some of the Russian governments narrative about its annexation of Crimea, Ukraines southern peninsula, in 2014. The international community does not recognize Crimea as part of Russia, given the illegal nature of its acquisition of the territory.
Again, Russia did not seize Crimea, Epshteyn said in an appearance on CNN on July 31. We could talk about the conflict that happened between Ukraine and the Crimea, its an ongoing conflict, but there was no seizure by Russia. That is an incorrect statement, characterization, of what happened.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-advisers-russia-ties_us_57acd474e4b007c36e4db94c
While business transactions may seem innocuous in and of themselves, getting the full picture of Trump confidantes investments in Russia could provide essential information about his potential political conflicts of interest.
In Russia, where business and the state are so closely linked, business dealings automatically imply ties to people high up in government as well, said Kathryn Stoner, an expert in U.S.-Russia relations at Stanford University.
In keeping with that pattern, Epshteyn has adopted some of the Russian governments narrative about its annexation of Crimea, Ukraines southern peninsula, in 2014. The international community does not recognize Crimea as part of Russia, given the illegal nature of its acquisition of the territory.
Again, Russia did not seize Crimea, Epshteyn said in an appearance on CNN on July 31. We could talk about the conflict that happened between Ukraine and the Crimea, its an ongoing conflict, but there was no seizure by Russia. That is an incorrect statement, characterization, of what happened.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-advisers-russia-ties_us_57acd474e4b007c36e4db94c
HipChick
(25,485 posts)2. Everyone hates Boris...even Faux...
coco22
(1,258 posts)3. i was wondering where he was...
I suspected him of working for the Russians during the campaign. He is one of the worst.
Glitterati
(3,182 posts)4. Do all the Trumpsters wear Trump clothing?
I've never seen such ill fitting clothing on people - especially in the public eye!
Good Lord some get that man a tailor!
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)5. Another Russian shill for Trump. Boris is horrendous. He yells over everyone else and is an idiot
coco22
(1,258 posts)6. Keep this kicked I have been trying to keep ..
the spotlight on him since the campaign,now finally someone notices this mole.
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)7. world's fastest talking shill?
Initech
(100,104 posts)8. Kiss Trump's ass 5 times, the sixth time is free?